Born Gets Away from a Hand
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Manh Nguyen and his sizable stack got involved with Jimmy Born and his sizable stack. The flop was , Nguyen checked and Born bet 44,000. Nguyen slowly raised to 102,000. Born took his time making the call.
The two deliberate players saw the turn fall and Nguyen slid out 120,000. Born sat motionless as two all in hands occurred at other tables and caused a commotion. The were as still and silent as statues while players milled around following the other action. After a long while Born decided to give the hand up and Nguyen won what appeared to be a moral victory for him.